Combined paper-weight and envelope-cutter



(No Model.)

F. 0. PAIGE. COMBINED PAPER WEIGHT AND ENVELOPE GUTTER.

No. 466,766. Patented 666. 6, 1691.

d@ @dwg/6.67. pufy/ y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK O. PAIGE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED PAPER-WEIGHT AND ENVELOPE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,756, dated October6, 1891.

Application filed June Z6, 1891. Serial No. 397,618. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK O. PAIGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of I/Vayne and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Paper-Veightand Envelope-Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

Figu rel is a perspective view cf my invention. Fig. 2 is a section online a: a3, Fig. l.

The purpose of my invention is to provide an envelope cutter or openerthat shall at the saine time serve as a convenient paper-weight, andthat shall as an en velope-o pen er be adapted to cut the end or side ofan envelope just enough to open the same without cutting the contents.

In' the drawings, A is a solid block, preferably made of metal, and ofsufficient weight. to make a suitable paper-weight and at the same timegive stability to the Whole device when used as an envelope-opener.

B is a stationary cutter attached to the block A by the screws h and h.ary cutter B has at each end an offset portion b2 abutted against thesteel block, so as to leave the opening B between this cutter and theblock in which it is pivoted the paper cutter or knife C. This knife,which, like the other parts, I make of cast or forged steel, is of justsufficient thickness to lill the space B and is provided with acutting-edge on the outer side to act in conjunction with the inner edgeof the stationary blade B to form a paper-cutter, and is provided with asuitable handle c and preferably at the outer end with an inclinedportion c to form a continuous shearing-edge to the extreme outer end asthe blade is depressed. This is desirable,

as the shearing engagement between the knife-edge on the blade C and thecutter B decreases as their point of engagement reaches the outer end.

It is manifest that if the knife be elevated andan envelope placed overthe cutter B and abutted against the block A the depression Thisstation-V of the knife will cut off from the envelope a piece of a Widthequal to the thickness of the knife. The knife I provide of justsuitable length that the blade or cutting-edge will come within theoffset portion b2 of the stationary cutter B. The knife itself I pivotto the screw b, that holds the stationary cutter B to the block A.

The block A, I provide with any suitable handle, as A, forlifting thesame when using it as a paper-weight.

rlhe device may be made of one solid block of steel by forming thestationary cutter B integral with the block A and providing the slot oropening B for the reception of the knife in the block itself, although Iprefer the construction shown, as the stationary cutter B may be removedand sharpened.

l. In a combined paper-weight and envelope-cutter, a stationary bladeand a movable blade hinged together and supported by a block paralleltherewith and'risiug above the cutting-edge of said stationary blade,whereby said elevated portion of said block forms a stop for limitingthe amount cut from the envelope, substantially as described.

2. In a combined paper-weight and envelope-cutter, the combnation'ofblock A, a stationary cutter hinged to said block 'and having itscuttingedge below the top of said block, and a movable cutter adapted toshear with said stationary cutter, said block A adapted to limit theamount cut from an envelope, substantially as described.

3. In a combined paper-weight and envelope-cutter, the combination ofblock A, stationary cutter B, and movable cutter C, arranged as shownand described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence'of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK C. PAIGE.

Vitnesses:

MARION A. REEVE, EDWARD A. BURTON.

